# MUBI

> MUBI is a global film company built around human curation. It combines a subscription streaming service with theatrical distribution, production, international sales, cinema tickets, publishing, podcasts, festivals and a film-lover community. Its bet is that a trusted point of view can reduce choice overload for viewers and create a valuable launchpad for filmmakers.

- **Founded:** 2007
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Efe Çakarel (Founder and CEO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 500 people; the provided dataset lists 520 employees and LinkedIn lists a 201-500 employee band.
- **Products:** MUBI streaming, MUBI GO, Notebook, MUBI Podcast, Theatrical distribution and acquisitions
- **Notable:** Named Apple's 2023 Apple TV App of the Year., Built membership and community reach across more than 190 countries., Acquired The Match Factory and Match Factory Productions in 2022.

## Products & services

- **MUBI streaming** — A paid, curated streaming service for independent, international, classic and contemporary cinema, available across web, mobile and connected-TV devices.
- **MUBI GO** — A higher-tier membership in select cities that combines streaming with a ticket to one hand-picked theatrical film each week.
- **Notebook** — MUBI's cinema publication, spanning daily online criticism, interviews and news plus print magazine and annual festival editions.
- **MUBI Podcast** — An audio documentary and interview series about how films are made and why they matter.
- **Theatrical distribution and acquisitions** — Territory-by-territory acquisition, marketing and cinema release of independent films before or alongside their streaming life.
- **Production, international sales and co-production** — Film financing, production and worldwide sales capabilities, strengthened by the 2022 acquisition of The Match Factory and Match Factory Productions.
- **MUBI FEST and live programs** — In-person screenings, talks and cultural events that extend the brand into local cinema communities.

## Achievements

- Named Apple's 2023 Apple TV App of the Year.
- Built membership and community reach across more than 190 countries.
- Acquired The Match Factory and Match Factory Productions in 2022.
- Acquired a majority stake in Benelux distributor Cinéart in 2024.
- Turned The Substance into a global theatrical success with roughly $77 million in box office on a reported $15 million production budget.
- The Substance earned five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and won Best Makeup and Hairstyling in 2025.
- Made its largest reported film-rights acquisition with the approximately $24 million multi-territory purchase of Die My Love at Cannes in 2025.
- Expanded Notebook into online, print-magazine and annual broadsheet festival editions.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Published the fourth Notebook Special as a wider annual broadsheet for Cannes, MUBI FEST and other film-festival settings.
- **2026-05** — Announced a multi-territory acquisition of Na Hong-jin's Cannes competition film Hope.
- **2026-04** — The MUBI Podcast returned with new and revisited episodes on global film culture and filmmaking.
- **2025-10** — Published an Ethical Funding and Investment Policy following criticism of the Sequoia Capital financing.
- **2025-06** — Closed a reported $100 million financing led by Sequoia Capital at an approximately $1 billion valuation.
- **2025-05** — Paid a reported $24 million for multi-territory rights to Lynne Ramsay's Die My Love, MUBI's largest acquisition at that point.

## Links

- Website: https://mubi.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mubi
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mubi
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mubi
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mubi/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mubi
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mubi

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Last updated: 2026-08-14